Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint

Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint tests have been designed to assess learners at the end of Cambridge Lower Secondary. They are available in English, English as a second language, mathematics, science and Cambridge Global Perspectives, and give valuable feedback on learners’ strengths and weaknesses before they progress to the next stage of education.

We hold two Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint test series each year, in May and October. The tests cover all major areas of learning in the Cambridge Lower Secondary curriculum frameworks for English, English as a second language, mathematics and science.

Feedback report

Schools use the feedback from Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint to make strategic decisions, drawing upon a pool of information and specialist reporting tools that are built into the tests.

Manage learning programmes within schools and as learners move between schools.

The test feedback measures a learner’s performance in relation to:

The curriculum framework

Their teaching group

A whole school cohort

Previous years’ learners.

Learner report

The report on a learner gives:

A Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint score for the whole subject

A Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint score for each main topic/skill

A list of the questions (and the sub-topics/skills) where the candidate’s performance was particularly strong or particularly weak

A statement of achievement.

Teaching group report

The report on a teaching group gives:

An average Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint score for the whole subject

An average Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint score for each main topic/skill

A list of sub-topics/skills with comments on the performance of the group

The Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint scores of each learner on the subject and on each main topic/skill

The marks scored by each learner on each question.

School report

The report on a school gives:

An average Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint score for the whole subject

An average Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint score for each main topic/skill

A list of sub-topics/skills with comments on the performance of the learners.

End of series report

The end of series report gives the results of the whole cohort, from all schools worldwide, broken down by age and first language, so that schools can compare their own results with those of similar learners. The report also gives the examiner’s comments on the test.